Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Voltaire Quotes

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is...

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is...

The best is the enemy of the good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord,...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord,...

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...